Lifetime Achievements: Places I've Been / Mountains Been on
Canadian Mountains I've been on
6
Major 'Canadian' Landmarks (BC Won :P)
54
Total 'Canadian' Lakes or Falls or Caves
82
Total 'Canadian' Cities I've traveled to
168
Total 'Canadian' Cities I lived in
12
Total 'Canadian' Hotsprings / Camp Sites
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April 22 2024
British Columbia Mountains
Mt. Adrian - Campbell River (Ex's favorite camping Mt.)>
  • Climbed to the top 4 times - 1,870 Height (m) 6,135 (ft)
  • We never wanted to touch the repeater. Saw it 3 times.
    • Mt. Arrowsmith - Port Alberni (Trails a bit tricky, got lost.)
    • Climbed to the top 3 times - 1,819 Height (m) 5,968 (ft)
    • I touched the Mount Arrowsmith's Repeater Baby!
    Mt. Benson - Nanaimo (Most Climbed Mountain!!!)
    • Climbed to the top (129x) - 1,023 Height (m) 3,356 (ft)
    • Ammonite Falls (79x times 'sometimes' no waterfall) The Rocks are super slippery. OK Swimming hole.
    • Rescued several people off the mountain who got lost.
    • People like to spider crawl 'afraid to move' on up-climb.
    • Mountain Biked all trails. Went all around the mountain.
    • I use to camp here just to survive off a backpack.
    • I use to repel down the rock and rock climb here.
    • I know this mountain well. I know all the trails.
    • I touched the Mt. Benson's Repeater Baby!
    Mt. Douglas - (Saanich, Greater Victoria.)
  • Mountain isn't that high - 225 Height (m) 738.189 (ft)
  • Group of friends drove to the top. So does this count if you drive all the way up. It was nice sites windy as hell!
  • I touched the Repeater Baby!
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    British Columbia Mountains
    Mt. Finlayson - (Near Langford.)
    • Climbed 1/3rd the way up. - 419 Height (m) 1,375 (ft)
    • I did 'stealth' deep Bush Craft / Camping for 3-4 weeks.
    Mount Tolmie - (Saanich, Greater Victoria.)
    • Drove to the top. It is the Ancestral Lands of the Songhees people. The peak of the mountain is known for its excellent views of Victoria, the Olympic Mountains, and the San Juan Islands. Touched Repeater too - 120 Height (m) 393.701 (ft)
    Mt. Washington - (Near Courtenay.)
    • Snowboarding (23 Seasons) Bunny, Green Hills, My favorite was the Red Hill for 18 seasons) - I dont know how high Bunny Hill / Green / Red Hills is but the entire mountain is I believe Mt. Washington is 505 Height (m) 1656.824 (ft)
    Alberta / British Columbia Mountains
    Mount Assiniboine - (On the border between Alberta's Banff National Park & BC's Mount Assiniboine National Park.)
    • Went here to go to the lake, camping. I didn't climb it
    • We stayed for about a month.
    Green Dots Seen 1 to 6 times
    Red Dots I been here a dozen or more
    Purple Dots 50-100+ times
    • Giant Moose (Moose Jaw)
    • Banff National Park (Banff)
    • Parliament Hill (Ottawa)
    • Carr House (James Bay)
    • Science World (Vancouver)
    • Big Nickel (Sudbury)
    • The CN Tower (Toronto)
    • Government St. (Victoria)
    • PNE (Vancouver)
    • Rogers Arena (Vancouver)
    • Saamis Tepee (Medicine Hat)
    • Fishermen’s Needle (Richmond)
    • Canada's Wonderland (Vaughan)
    • Burrard Bridge (Vancouver)
    • The Butchart Gardens (Saanich)
    • Pacific Central Station (Vancouver)
    • Ilanaaq Inukshuk (Vancouver)
    • The Toronto Zoo (Toronto)
    • Queen Victoria Statue (Victoria)
    • BC Parliament Buildings (Victoria)
    • Capilano Suspension Bridge (Vancouver)
    • Lions Gate Bridge (Vancouver)
    • Statue Of Harry Jerome (Stanley Park)
    • Chehalis Cross Memorial (Stanley Park)
    • B.C. Place Stadium (Vancouver)
    • Pulteney Point Lighthouse (James Bay)
    • Ryerson United Church (Vancouver)
    • Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls)
    • Olympic Cauldron (Vancouver)
    • Angel of Victory (Vancouver)
    • Entire Trent Severn Waterway - (Long list of locks / locations to list)
    • World’s Largest Hockey Stick (Duncan) - They cut it, so not anymore!
    • Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Victoria)
    • University of British Columbia (UBC) Entire Campus (Vancouver)
    • Captain George Vancouver Statue (Vancouver)
    • Chemainus is a Historic City of Murals (Chemainus)
    • Fairmont Empress Hotel (National Historic Site of Canada) (Victoria)
    • Calgary International Airport Experience (Calgary)
    • Vancouver International Airport Experience (Vancovuer)
    • Toronto Pearson International Airport Experience (Toronto)
    • RCAF CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team in Action (Ottawa)
    • Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada (Toronto)
    • Casa Loma Tour (Toronto)
    • Ontario Science Centre & IMAX Dome (Toronto)
    • Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto)
    • Canadian Snow Birds in Action (9 Locations)
    • Saw the 3 Great Lakes of Canada (Ontario)
    • Entire Sky Train Experience (Vancouver)
    • Hockey Hall of Fame (Toronto)
    • Portage Bridge (Between Ottawa / Quebec)
    • Chaudière Bridge (Between Ottawa / Quebec)
    • Pacific Central Station | Amtrak (Vancouver)
    • Royal London Wax Museum (Victoria BC)
    Canadian Beaches, Caves, Falls, Rivers, Lakes I've been to are in Blue
    Canadian Camp Sites / Hotspings I went to are in Red
    British Columbia (Part 1 of 2)

    Vancouver Island (Lakes / Campsites or Hot Springs)
      Campsites
    • Living Forest Oceanside Campground (20x)
    • Gordon Bay Provincial Park (once)
    • Camp Caillet (4x Scouts Canada)
    • Camp Woodlands (4x Scouts Canada)
    • Deadwood Campsite (once)
    • Fuller Lake Park (once)
    • Mountainaire Campground (once)
    • Nanaimo River (Pitched a tent randomly 39x)
    • Old Mill Campsite (once)
    • Rondalyn A Parkbridge Camping (once)
    • Rathtrevor Beach Campground (10x)
    • Sproat Lake Provincial Park Campsite (11x)
    • Windy Point Campsite (7x)
    • Zuiderzee Campsites (2x)
      • Hot Springs
    • Ahousat Hot Springs (once)
      • Lakes
    • Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park (50x)
    • Sproat Lake (x100+)
    • Amor Lake (6x)
    • Brewster Lake (5x)
    • Buttle Lake (13x)
    • Brannen Lake (42x)
    • Cameron Lake .... Gorgeous (150x)
    • Comox Lake (3x)
    • Elk Lake (11x)
    • Fry Lake (6x)
    • Horne Lake (15x)
    • Quennell Lake (60+ I think I also camped somewhere else near here other than Zuiderzee Cant remember.)
    • Muchalat Lake (4x)
    • Nanaimo Lakes (x400+ every summer we went here. Float down river with a tube those where the days.)
    • Nitinat Lake (9x)
    • Quamichan Lake (56x)
    • Somenos Lake (82x We use to try scaring the Ducks till Ducks Unlimited freaked out at us.)
    • Spider Lake (2x)
    • Thetis Lake (20x)
    • Westwood Lake - Use to run here daily for 8 years (700+x)
    Vancouver Island (Locations)
    • Black Creek (2 Seasons)
    • Bloedel (Quick Dinner Stop)
    • Buckley Bay (2 nights)
    • Bowser (11x) Cathedral Grove
    • Campbell River (Hint Go Skydiving)
    • Cedar / Cassidy Swam at Nanaimo River and tubed down the river (x18 times) (Hint Go Bungy Jumping x4)
    • Chemainus (x67 times)
    • Coombs (Goats are literally on the Roof. Icecream!!)
    • Colwood (1 day)
    • Comox Valley (don't recall) But I remember (7x) selling fruits Cherries, peaches, corn, nectarenies at a popup stand.
    • Courtenay (don't recall)
    • Cumberland (7 Seasons)
    • Deep Bay (x7-12)
    • Duncan (Use to live here most of my childhood to middleschool)
    • Errington (don't recall)
    • Esquimalt (x13)
    • Extention (Nanaimo)
    • Fanny Bay (1 day - I wanted to leave super badly, regretted going)
    • Gold River (4-6x)
    • Goldstream (Use to come here every summer for 5 years to watch the samon run upriver as a kid.)
    • James Bay (went here x40 times and even sold fruit at a popup food stand)
    • Kosish (2 days)
    • Ladysmith (Use to live here as a child went on all the trails, parks and my dad built transfer beach as a Kinsmen in the late 80's & 90s )
    • Lake Cowichan (Long ass drive nice camping and lake x6 times)
    • Landford (Almost 100% weekly 'every Saturday' for 2 years)
    • Malahat (My god! How many times have I went up and down this road ... During the Canadian Convoy every Saturday for several years.)
    • Mill Bay (Took BC Ferry, went to the market many times, mainly passing through to get to Victoria)
    • Nanoose Bay (Kayaking and did lots of the trails here)
    • Nanaimo (Explored every lake, trial, park, camp ground and more in depth...etc more times to count. Where I call my main home.)
    • Oak Bay (Went there 4 Times, lots of walking in trails)
    • Parksville (Sandcastle Constest is awesome! Water Warboats / (2 sided) 18 hole minigolf / Arcades how cool! went here 100+x times)
    • Port Alberni (My dad lives here and we saw nearly every attaction u can, festables and seasonal events, my dad and me went golfing)
    • Port Hardy (Native longhouses and toured the waters and native events)
    • Port McNeill (When ur a passenger long ass travel from Nanaimo holy long drive not much here to be honest nice cmaping)
    • Qualicum Beach (x53 times)
    • Saanich (x13)
    • Sprout Lake (I know i mentioned this but, this lake is bloody Amazing! swimming and more x100+)
    • Telegraph Cove (9 Day Trip to see beach and stayed mostly near the water / camping)
    • Tofino (tried Surfing / Few Weeks a Trip - 2 Seasons, massive waves)
    • Ucluelet (3 seasons)
    • Victoria (use to live here and went to every trail, every campground, Canadian Convoy I was here every week for years 5-8 hours at a time holding the Canadian Flag)
    Gabriola Island (Descanso Bay)
    • Camping at Descanso Bay Regional Park
    • Hoggan Lake (once)
    • Explored Whole Island, nice place to go. I'm not sure (10x), also did political canvasing another (x8). Has nice few sites. The pot smells and rude people got to me. The tiny 'main' mini market was peasant.
    Salt Spring Island
    • Arbutus Beach (once)
    • Beachside Drive Beach (once)
    • Beddis Beach (once)
    • Blackburn Lake (once)
    • Chocolate Beach (once)
    • Churchill Road – Sea Star Point Beach (once)
    • Cusheon Lake (x2)
    • Drummond Park Beach (once)
    • Erskine Bay – Bader Beach (once)
    • Fernwood Point Beach (once)
    • Jack Foster Beach East (once)
    • Menhinick Drive Beach (once)
    • Rotary Maritime Park (once)
    • St. Mary Lake (x2)
    • Explored Whole Island. Also I sailed around it as a kid with my step dad, mom, brother(s) / sister & a dog.
    Vancouver Area(s) (Lakes / Waterfalls)
      Lakes
    • Capilano Lake (once)
    • Deer Lake (once)
    • Lindeman Lake (x2)
    • Mystery Lake (once)
    • Stave Lake (x3)
      • Waterfalls
    • Brothers Creek Waterfall (Once)
    • Cypress Falls Park (7x)
    • Kennedy Falls (once)
    • Gold Creek Lower Falls (2x)
    • Goldstream Falls (x4)
    • Silver Falls (x2)
    • Stocking Creek Falls (once)
    • Woodland Falls (once)
    Vancouver Area(s) (Locations)
    • I spent thousands of hours traveling all over Vancouver and what it has to offer. I cant explain everything in detail theres too much to say. I use to live in North Vancouver, Surrey and Langley for 3 years.
    • Abbotsford (over 10x at least)
    • Aldergrove (x10-13)
    • Burnaby (About 27 times - All over)
    • Coquitlam (9 times - All over)
    • Cypress Falls Park (once)
    • Delta (16x - All over)
    • Downtown Vancouver (The amount of times I went to Grandville Station alone taking sky trains was bloody stupid or the 157 bus to the ferries) (All over - Gotta love those Skytrains at Grandville. Rode to every station, all tracks / 99 bus too)
    • Fort Langley (Lived here doing house exterior siding for 2 years)
    • Langley (2 years)
    • Lighthouse Park (once)
    • Maple Ridge (x3)
    • New Westminister (lost count x30-50+)
    • North Vancouver (Went here regulary yearly lost count)
    • Pitt Meadows (Once)
    • Richmond (x40-50 super arrogant people every bloody time!)
    • Vancouver (All over Vancouver / Far too many attractions ie Aquarium (x2), Science World (x6), Playland - PNE... (x7) long list)
    • Stanley Park (The amount of times Ive been here and relaxed dear god over 100x+ times. Watch out for geese they bite!!)
    • Surrey (I use to live here) Too many times to count.
    • West Vancouver (I use to live here) Too many times to count.
    Fort St. John / Peace River / Other Northern Area(s)
      Camping
    • Charlie Lake Campground
    • Fish Creek Community Forest
      • Lakes
    • Big Lake (once)
    • Charlie Lake Provincial Park (once) (once)
    • Klukas Lake (x3)
    • Inga Lake (x2)
    • Peace River (x31)
    Fort St. John / Peace River / Other Northern Area(s)
    • Buckinghorse River (Passing Through)
    • Chetwynd
    • Cecil Lake
    • Charlie Lake
    • Coal River (Passing Through)
    • Dawson Creek
    • Fireside (Passing Through)
    • Fort St. John (Use to live here for years and years. I explored everywhere all. Sold my Photography here for years. Lots of vulunteering too.)
    • Muncho Lake (3-4 hours walking around / Passing Through)
    • Muskwa (Passing Through)
    • Prophet River (Passing Through)
    • Steamboat (Passing Through)
    • Taylor (We always passed though this town for work. Biggest looser TV Show was located here. We stopped in many times getting snacks or gassing up.)
    • Toad River (3-4 hours walk around / Passing Through)
    • Wonowon - The amount me and my roommate stopped here was bloody stupid
    Saysutshun (Newcastle Island Marine) Provincial Park
    • Explored Whole Island (10x) (x8 camping)
    Protection Island
    • Explored Whole Island (Home of Canada’s 'only' Floating Pub and Restaurant! I wanted to know what all the hype was about in Nanaimo.
    This is my Cat Hunter

    Just a random picture.

    My Tuxedo black cat.
    Shot Taken Feb 2024
    British Columbia (Part 2 of 2)

    Rest of BC
    • Canyon Hot Springs
    • Chilliwack (Quick Stop)
    • Fraser Lake (Quick Stop)
    • Golden (Quick Stop)
    • Hope (Quick Stop)
    • Kamloops (don't recall)
    • Kelowna (don't recall)
    • Quesnel (Quick Stop)
    • Prince George (Quick Stop)
    • Revalstoke (Quick Stop)
    • Salmon Arm (Quick Stop)
    • Vanderhoof (Quick Stop)
    • Vernon (Quick Stop)
    • Williams Lake (Quick Stop)
    Cormorant Island
    • Antler Lake (once)
    • Bacon Lake (once)
    • Battleship Lake (once)
    • Beaver Lake (once)
    • Beavertail Lake (once)
    • Brown River Falls (once)
    • Fry Lake Cave (once)
    • Explored only a 'tiny' Fraction of Alert Bay. I also did long houses, with the natives and hunted deer here.
    Alberta

    Missing about 100+/- Rig Locations (BC / Alberta Regions) I went way too many job sites. Boss is like Tyler more work! Either take time off or switch trucks
    • Alberta / BC has way too many rig locations. I cant list them all I did: laying new pipe, rig moves, pigging lines / maintenance / testing on active lines and more.
    • Fox Creek (Camping 1 week)
    • Leduc 4 weeks tour and Camping Devon Lions Campground
    • Airdrie - 3 nights
    • Banff (Yes, I been to the Banff National Park 3x)
    • Beaverlodge (Once? or was it twice?)
    • Calgary (What part of Calgary havent I explored. Best experience the train. I lived her for many years, several times too. I ♥ Calgary Zoo went (x13 times) - Tigers I adore! I use to watch them for hours)
    • Edmonton (I had to go to the biggest mall in Canada West Edmonton Mall / Amusement Park. 5x baby!)
    • Fort McMurray - Use to travel here to see my old Step Dad's family all the time (maybe 6x?). Additionally, mainly stayed here in the Oilfield I guess (12x?) and staying at the hotels.
    • Grand Prairie (40x?, plus my ex's family leved here bad memories)
    • Lethbridge (x41)
    • Medicine Hat - Passing through Greyhound (x6) one of the stops for layover
    • Red Deer (x14) - When I got here I was amazed how large it was. Spend 15 days here.
    Saskatchewan

    Greyhound - BC to Ontario (Return Trip too) (x9) also (1x) by Car Across Canada
    • Moose Jaw (2 days / Passing through.)
    • Regina (Passing through.)
    Manitoba

    Traveling Through
    • Brandon (Stayed 2 nights.)
    • Winnipeg (Passing through.)
    Ontario

    Kawartha Lakes Areas (Lakes / Campsites)

    Campsites

  • Shadow Lake (x9)

    • Lakes

  • I am missing too many lakes (I dont recall all others from age 3-15). I don't recall but remember going to places all over Ontario with my family. We went camping all over Ontario as well.
  • My grandparents personally took me to to many lakes.
  • The amount of times we seen the Trent Waterway watching boats go up & down in the locks. We wanted to see every lock in Ontario. Seen many of them 11-14x times.
  • Balsalm Lake (once)
  • Curve Lake (once)
  • Emily Lake (41x)
  • Pigeon Lake (every day in summer for 2 years)
  • Pleasent Lake (once)
  • Lower Buckhorn Lake (once)
  • Shadow Lake (x9)
  • Stoney Lake (once)
  • Sturgeon Lake (3-4 fishing seasons with grandfather)
    • Kawartha Lakes Areas (Locations)
    • Bethany (once)
    • Bobcaygeon (40-50x)
    • Cameron (once)
    • Cambray (once)
    • Doube's Trestle Bridge (2x)
    • Dunsford (once)
    • Downeyville (Lived here for several years)
    • Fenelon Falls (Lost count seeing my grandma)
    • Kirkfield (7x)
    • Lindsay (Lived here)(2003 - Did you know that I was the very '1st' Grade 12 Class who had Graduated at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School?) Year before did not have Grade 12. What an accomplishment! 1st Grad Class!)
    • Little Britain (once)
    • Omemee (I did so many jumps / flips off this bridge it was bloody stupid. My 'first' backflip off a bidge)
    • Oakville (once)
    • Peterborough (40-60x)
    • Rosedale (once)
    • Woodville (once)
    Canada Wonderland
    • Shout-out Canada Wonderland!!!! (x18) I use to love this park so much.
    Toronto / Other Areas (Lakes / Campsites)

    Campsites

  • Cherry Beach Proving Grounds (once)
  • Camp Timberlane (once)

    • Lakes

  • The only Great Lake that I did not see because it is not in Canada is Lake Michigan. :(
  • Lake Couchiching (once)
  • Lake Erie (x2)
  • Georgian Bay (x2)
  • Huron (x2)
  • High Park Pond (once)
  • Lake Muskoka (once)
  • Lake Ontario (x14)
  • Lake Rosseau (once)
  • Lake Scugog (once)
  • Lake Simcoe (x3)
  • Lake Superior (x7)
    • Toronto / Other Areas
    • Belleville (20-30 times seeing my uncle when we got along.)
    • Brampton (x12)
    • Hampton (once)
    • Kitchener (once)
    • London (3x)
    • Mississauga - Lived here when baby but I came here (7x)
    • Niagara Falls (several times 2-3x)(Did MarineLand and I saw Niagara Falls several ways.)
    • Oakville (12x)
    • Oshawa (too many times - Can we kill the 401 stupid drivers cutting u off every second)
    • Ottawa (12x also +2 Canada Day Celebrations to see Cannons, Planes and more. If ur Canadian you have to see the sites of the Capital of Canada. I am going Sept 6-17th 2024 to do my court in the Supreme Courts of Canada!)
    • Sault Ste. Marie (Pass Through)
    • Struthers (once)
    • Sudbury (5x)
    • Thunder Bay (x9)
    • All parts of Toronto (I have literally lost count on how many times I did Toronto Pearson Airport in my lifetime.) Flying 'yet again' Sept 5 2024 but Sept 6 arrival in Toronto and Sept 17th 2024 departure (Vancouver to Toronto via Air Canada)
    • Vaughan (many times - To Canada's Wonderland)
    • Wawa (once) Went with a large group of school friends day trip. I just wanted to sing "Hockey Night in Canada anthem" in a bar watching hockey on the TV doing "waaa whaaa wawa wahhha whaa whaaa wha waaa in wawa." My friends were having a blast with wawa making jokes then going wawa waaaahhh wahhh whaaaaaaa. )
    • Whitby (A quick pee / Gasup Stop)
    Quebec

    80 Days Tour / Visit of Quebec
    • Gatineau (I just found out my family is massively archived in the Museum. I so want to go back explore it all and document it.) I found it at https://www.gvhs.ca/
    • Granby
    • Laval
    • Le Coteau
    • Montreal (School trip & me and a old best friend traveled here for 8 days toured the streets)
    • Rosemère
    • Sherbrooke
    • Thetford Mines
    • Trois-Rivières
    Yukon

    Alaska Hwy (BC Boarder)
    • Fort Nelson (A Shitty Rundown Town, LOL)
    • Liard River Hot Springs (Hell ya! Amazing!)
    • Liard River (We drove from Fort St. John BC stayed 2 Nights to Rest Stop. Driver said "This town is the highest amount of Suicides in Canada. I don't know if true but that's how I really remember this town."
    Alaska Hwy (Yukon)
    • Dempster Hwy (Stupid dozens and dozens of Buffalo in the way. One even takes a crap middle of road. They don't budge even with car horns. 1-2 hour staredowns)
    • Eagle Plains (Wicked unexplainable Winter Aurora Borealis and Sun Sets / Sun Rises out of this world). Blue and Purple Skies for 23 hours. Has a random Hotel, Small Store / Gas Station and that's about it. Even the airplane lands on the road I got to ride in it to go home. Touched down in NWT. Super Nice Aurora Borealis. The sounds it made and magnetic powers!
    • Klondike Hwy (not bad stupid Buffalo wouldn't move)
    • Whitehorse (Quite Long exploring of the town. I wanted to take the 'special boat' but driver said no. "We needed to be on our way to Eagle Plains for work in 2 days." We explored lots in the town.)
    Prince Edward Island (PEI)

    Northwest Territories
    • Fort Good Hope (Spent 1 night there.) A Plane to Tulilta
    • Fort Liard (A Plane to Fort St. John)
    • Hamlet of Tulilta / Fort Norman (A Plane to Fort Liard)
    Prince Edward Island (PEI)

    18 Days of PEI
    • Charlottetown (Beaconsfield Historic House)
    • Cavendish - Since I read the book of Anne of Green Gables I now can say I been here - Green Gables Shore, Green Gables Heritage Place, Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace. I spent about 10 days here.
    • Summerside - Red Sands Shore, Lucy Maud Montgomery Lower Bedeque School, Bishop Machine Shop Museum, MacNaught History Centre & Archives, Bedeque Area Historical Museum, PEI Fox Museum
    • Borden-Carleton - Branch Trail Emerald to Borden-Carleton